• Ladies Learning WordPress

    Yesterday I had the huge pleasure of mentoring at another Ladies Learning Code workshop, led by the multi-talented Elida Arrizza. This one was very close to my heart, since it…

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  • The Gentle Art of the Flatter-Nag

    Much digital ink has been spilled on the subject of diversifying the speaker pool at tech events, and in particular, getting more women to give presentations. (I won’t rehash that…

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  • Robot Calling

    The phone rings. I glance at the caller ID screen and don’t recognize the number, so I don’t bother picking up. If I’m near a computer or my iPad I’ll…

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  • Learning from Beginners

    I spent yesterday mentoring an eclectic group of students at a Ladies Learning Code workshop, which introduced HTML and CSS – the building blocks of web design – to a…

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  • Backslash No More

    Dear CBC Radio, I have some news for you – a role-reversal, I know. It’s not a backslash. When you’re reading out a show’s URL on the air, that character…

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  • Late Adopter

    I have an embarrassing confession to make. I provide tech support to bloggers for a living. Before that, my career was building WordPress blogs for clients. But this is my…

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